Session Pricing !

[Roughtor]

One of my favourite open access waters has put the prices up.,it's a lovely safe ,secure place ..

I've just worked it out ,for me to do a 48 hr sess,all things considered including 

 

Fuel ,its an hours drive on bad rural roads 

Food

Bait and other sundries ,I'm now looking at 100 quid for a 48 hr ,I shall still fish it ,but not as many sessions ,for me it's too much outgoings ...so really ,they've lost custom in reduction of potential sessions from me ,I know a few who are saying the same ...so in a way the reduction of footfall is counter productive ...to putting up the prices ...

Lots of full carp set ups for sale,not only post scamdemic either,have some places priced themselves out of reality of today's climate ..?

Edited Friday at 20:38 by Roughtor

[greekskii]

Nope, they will still get people there. Supply and demand and the demand is still damn high everywhere you look. More and more members only lakes are becoming invite only due to silly enquiries for the waiting lists. The rest are raising prices to ensure a lower membership costs costs. 
it makes the day tickets more money off the back of it. 

[salokcinnodrog]

On 20/03/2026 at 20:36, Roughtor said:

One of my favourite open access waters has put the prices up.,it's a lovely safe ,secure place ..

I've just worked it out ,for me to do a 48 hr sess,all things considered including 

 

Fuel ,its an hours drive on bad rural roads 

Food

Bait and other sundries ,I'm now looking at 100 quid for a 48 hr ,I shall still fish it ,but not as many sessions ,for me it's too much outgoings ...so really ,they've lost custom in reduction of potential sessions from me ,I know a few who are saying the same ...so in a way the reduction of footfall is counter productive ...to putting up the prices ...

Lots of full carp set ups for sale,not only post scamdemic either,have some places priced themselves out of reality of today's climate ..?

Fishing cost is always personal. Personally I find £24 for 24hours too expensive and I baulk at even £10 for a day session. I know one local water is £35 for 24hours!

 

I could not justify a minimum of £2000 for a years fishing at day ticket prices.

However I can justify a £500 syndicate season ticket or even £300 for a club season ticket.

Fishing is my 'get away from the world', my relief from pain, from being trapped inside the flat. It is cheaper to be fishing for 3 or 4 days than the cost of electricity and gas in my flat. 

[Golden Paws]

24 hours is £35 on virtually all the waters I fish. Have you gone to a profession football match or played a round of golf recently? Me neither but you know what I mean.

Unfortunately fishing is being treated as a business and it is a case of supply and demand.

https://my.rkleisure.com/membership-options

Do you fancy a black card?

I used to fish some waters on the Cotswold Water Park many years ago on a club card that cost peanuts in today's terms but they got swallowed up by a multinational concern and the remaining waters on the old ticket now have a waiting list to get on and even allowing for inflation, aren't anyway as near as cheap.

Unfortunately you can't do much about travelling and with the Iran war in progress, fuel prices are only going  one way.

Fishing can be as cheap or expensive as your expectations. When you read books of articles by top anglers, the amount of pre-baiting some do raise eyebrows as some are literally filling the place in to tip the odds in their favour.

[commonly]

The OP is included all costs bait, fuel, food etc. £100 a night ounds about right, for somewhere decent.

That's if you're not taking time off work.

I was asked to do an Italy trip (fishing) that worked out about £2.5- 3k for 5 nights (with time off added)